Chapter 289: Chapter 289: Does this count as inviting the wolf into the house? (3) Chapter 289: Chapter 289: Does this count as inviting the wolf into the house? (3) “Yes.” Lu Wanwan nodded eagerly, “I didn’t expect it to rain. Do you have an umbrella?”
“Then do you plan to stand here and wait for the rain to stop?” she asked, surprised.
Gu Annan’s face darkened.
Did he look like someone who would do something so foolish?
And, wasn’t she standing here waiting for him?
He glanced at her coldly, “I have a car, you can wait by yourself.”
Watching his retreating back, she felt an unreasonable sense of suffocation in her heart.
Forget it, forget it, forget it; it’s not worth begging him over such a trifle.
“Wanwan.” A male colleague’s voice came from behind, “Didn’t bring an umbrella?”
“Yeah, Xiaozhang,” she said pitifully, shrinking in the wind, “Who knew it would suddenly start raining.”
Xiaozhang strode quickly to the door, took out a large umbrella, opened it, and said cheerfully, “Come on, I’ll give you a ride.”
“Thank you, Xiaozhang!” Lu Wanwan said sweetly.
Gu Annan had not left yet; he stopped in his tracks and turned back.
“General Manager Gu?” Xiaozhang greeted with a smile, “Didn’t bring an umbrella either?”
He looked at Lu Wanwan standing under the umbrella, and said coldly, “The project plan you arranged yesterday hasn’t been turned in, has it?”
Xiaozhang nodded and promised, “Don’t worry, I’ll definitely submit it tomorrow; it won’t be late.”
“Submit it today,” Gu Annan said indifferently. “This one is a bit urgent; please rush it today.”
“…” Xiaozhang’s face was one of bewilderment.
“Go back and work overtime.”
Xiaozhang turned to look at Lu Wanwan, whose pitiful look made one feel especially sympathetic, “Well… I’ll go back to work overtime. Wanwan, you keep the umbrella. You’re a girl, don’t get soaked.”
Lu Wanwan, who had already got wet, did not have the heart to make him work overtime and get rained on, waved her hand, “No need, I’ll ride back with Gu Annan. I don’t need the umbrella.”
Xiaozhang was startled; she hadn’t been scolded silly by General Manager Gu before, had she? He didn’t seem to have offered her a ride.
“Xiaozhang, you really don’t need to worry about me.”
“Well, alright then.” Xiaozhang sighed, “General Manager Gu, Wanwan has just graduated; please be considerate and don’t be too hard on her.”
Gu Annan’s expression grew colder.
How he treated Lu Wanwan was none of this outsider’s business.
Gu Annan stepped into the rain curtain and headed quickly towards the car.
“Gu Annan, wait for me.” Having said this much, Lu Wanwan was determined to follow him.
“Go back and stand there,” Gu Annan turned around abruptly, his body already dripping wet, and bellowed unmistakably, “Stand at the door and wait. Do not come out.”
She had just stepped out but was forced back by his command.
That terrifying expression was as if one more step following him would result in something dire.
Lu Wanwan stood at the door hugging her arms, having already got wet, and now chilled even more by the wind, couldn’t help shivering.
The tall figure inside the curtain of rain quickly disappeared.
In a short while, the car drove out of the parking lot and stopped at the door.
Only then did Lu Wanwan hurry over, open the car door, and get in.
“Gu Annan, you’re soaked through.”
It was the first time she had seen Gu Annan so disheveled; from head to toe, he was drenched, and even now, rain was still dripping down from his head, along his face.
He sped up a bit and, out of the corner of his eye, saw her huddled to the side; he turned on the heater.
Lu Wanwan didn’t talk any further, feeling a bit more comfortable as she warmed up with the air blowing on her.
Actually, he didn’t need to get wet at all; with so many colleagues around, any one of them who knew he didn’t have an umbrella would have been falling over themselves to offer him one.
The car drove directly into the residential complex where Lu Wanwan rented her apartment. The rain had come quickly and left swiftly; within moments, it had stopped.
“How did you know I live in this building?” Lu Wanwan widened her eyes and looked at him.